Badenoch last month revealed she would not be supporting the creation of an independent regulator, despite the Conservatives championing and initiating the proposals when still in government.
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Badenoch told The Telegraph: “[The regulator] is going to be a waste of money.
“I’m opposed to it personally and the party is looking at how we can improve the bill because we don’t have the numbers in the Commons or even in the Lords to stop it.”
“[We told her] we were surprised that she’d come out against the bill, having said she’d spoken to people in football who thought it was a waste of time,” Parry said.
The Premier League has lobbied on behalf of its member clubs against the inception of the regulator.
One such amendment, tabled by Lord Moynihan, suggests adding the names of the Premier League, Football League and National League into the legislation.
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Doing so would make it a “hybrid bill” requiring a deeper level of consultation with those named in it, slowing down the process by several years. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy called it an attempt by the opposition to “wreck” the bill.
He added: “The one that is a bit chilling and really, really dangerous is the one that pretty much ignores what the Government have said in terms of hybridity.
But Conservative opposition to the regulator could end up being a case of self-sabotage, particularly in communities that have traditionally voted Labour but have begun to turn to the Tories in more recent years. And Parry says he has spoken to members from those areas who believe voters will remember the Conservatives opposing the bill.
“They actually understand why they were backing the bill in the first place. They perhaps think that it’s something the Tories might want to revisit.”
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